Articles Tagged Johnny Appleseed

Apple Tales

In the northern hemisphere, fall is Harvest Time. Pumpkins & winter squash, sweet potatoes, root vegetables, and various fruits, including pears, grapes, cranberries, figs & pomegranates. But today, my focus is on apples. Seventeenth century apples bore little resemblance to the many apple varietals we harvest today. The Puritans brought apple seeds with them when

The Real “Johnny Appleseed”

  Fall is upon us – time for colorful autumn leaves and other fruits of the season. Apples and pumpkins with their golden colors come to mind. The days are still long and the nights a bit crisp. Halloween candy is in the stores. But let’s go back to apples. Apples have been part of